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Coincya

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Coincya is a genus of flowering plant that belongs to the family Brassicaceae. Three species of the plant are endemic to the British Isles, these being Coincya wrightii (Lundy cabbage), Coincya cheiranthos (nokkasinapit) and Coincya monensis, which has two subspecies, C. monensis subsp. monensis (Isle of Man cabbage) and C. monensis subsp. recurvata (star mustard). Another four species are endangered and endemic to the south-central Iberian peninsula.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderBrassicales
  5. FamilyBrassicaceae
Native toAlgeria, Belgium, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Iran
Observations recorded36,001

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
With media
32
Family
Brassicaceae
Collections
CAS, NHMUK, UF, MNHN, BRIT, VT
Recorded in
United States, Germany

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Brassiceae
Image
IsleofMancabbage.jpg
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taxon common name
star-mustard
Commons category
Coincya
taxon name
Coincya
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Coincya
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Encyclopedic overview

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Coincya is a genus of flowering plant that belongs to the family Brassicaceae. Three species of the plant are endemic to the British Isles, these being Coincya wrightii (Lundy cabbage), Coincya cheiranthos (nokkasinapit) and Coincya monensis, which has two subspecies, C. monensis subsp. monensis (Isle of Man cabbage) and C. monensis subsp. recurvata (star mustard). Another four species are endangered and endemic to the south-central Iberian peninsula.

The name derives from the French botanist Auguste-Henri de Coincy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coincya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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